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Folding x-bridge spectacles
SPECTACLES
folding spectacles
Europe:
c.1850-1860
steel
eye width: 27 mm; side length: 66 mm

Fully-reversible folding spectacles. Steel frame. Centrally hinged X-bridge. Centre joints. Short straight sides, adjustable vertically at the joint, with pear-shaped loop ends (one end covered in tortoiseshell, the other end broken). Round eyes, unglazed.


2008.20

Gift of Dollond & Aitchison Group, 2008; Ex-Hamblin Collection



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